Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) of the southeast United States having purple and white flowers, three-lobed leaves, and edible oval yellow fruit.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The passion-flower, or its fruit; properly, the fruit of Passiflora incarnata, which is of the size of a hen's egg and edible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the North American
Passiflora incarnata , an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
passionflower ,purple in color, taxonomic name Passiflora incarnata.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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hernesheir commented on the word maypop
Native passionfruit of the Southeastern USA. The fruit pulp is dry and mealy but the fleshy aril covering the seeds is juicy and delicious.
May 11, 2010
reesetee commented on the word maypop
And also fun to say. Maypop. Maypop. Maypop.
Plinth.
May 14, 2010